Authors

1 Department of Medical Ethics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

2 Shiraz University of Medical Sciences,Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: Occupational burnout is a prevalent syndromeamong medical students as well as other health professionals. Itmay be an important factor contributing to professional conducts.The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of burnoutamong medical students of Shiraz University of Medical Sciencesat clinical level and its relationship with professionalism.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all medical clinicalstudents who had spent a minimum of six months of the firstyear of clinical level and who were in their final year, in 2015-16were examined (using the census method). Data were gatheredusing demographics, educational background, and the dimensionsof professionalism questionnaires and Maslach Job BurnoutInventory. Data analysis was performed using descriptivestatistics, ANOVA and Pearson correlation test by SPSS, version14. A p-value of

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